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Wonderguy

Wonderguy is the supposed “lead” character of each of the stories, which will be centered
around his adventures in crime-fighting. Wonderguy is incredibly strong, but his brains
do not match his brawn, a fact that is not part of his public perception. He is an
immensely popular public figure, even perhaps a bit of a celebrity. His origins are
left purposefully vague, although it is clear from the way that he carries himself
that he has always had his super-powers.

Principal Willoughby

Principal Willoughby. Miss Willoughby (she currently has no first name) is the principal
at Best Elementary School, where Claire and Dillon are students. She acts as an enabler
in the story line. She first introduces Claire and Dillon to Wonderguy when he needs
mathematical assistance, and will provide them excused time out of class to help Wonderguy
when he needs it. She has some connection to Wonderguy that is not immediately clear,
but hints of how they know each other appear in the different episodes.

Claire and Dillon

The real heroes of each story are the students, Claire and Dillon. Claire is an African-American
student who is wise beyond her years, and not as star-struck with Wonderguy as Dillon
is. Dillon looks studious and not too athletic. Both are on the school’s academic
team, and Principal Willoughby considers them the “best math students in the school”.
Claire and Dillon are befriended by Wonderguy in the first issue and continue to enlist
their help in the following issues via wrist communicators.

Big Guy

The "Big Guy" is Principal Willoughby's boyfriend, and bears a striking similarity
in size and hairstyle with Wonderguy (which no one ever seems to notice, strangely
enough).

Aerial

Aerial is a former trapeze artist whose act consisted of her deploying her own portable
“trapeze” while free-falling from the trapeze platform. She decides that she can make
more money by stealing it and using her high-flying skills to get away. After all,
Wonderguy may be strong, but he can’t fly, right?

Captain Confusion

Captain Confusion is a very intelligent inventor, who is seeking revenge for an embarrassing
slight at an academic team competition from his childhood. He invented a “stasis bubble”
system and “confusion gas”. He is extremely condescending and personally resents the
attention heaped upon Wonderguy.

Cheetah

The Cheetah is a geneticist, seeking funding from the leadership of a government research
facility to create super-fast soldiers, when they refuse, he has to experiment on
himself. He has the speed of a cheetah, but must rest between bursts. He is not a
real “bad” guy – he is trying to show he is better than Wonderguy to get the attention
of the government scientists.

Miss Garmon

Miss Garmon, Wonderguy's personal secretary, but as we later learn, she is also the
sister of Captain Confusion (villain from Issue #1). She will play a pivotal role
in the storyline in Operation Comics Issue #6.

Shape Master

The Shape Master was a lazy janitor at the government research facility in town who
got fired from his job. While leaving the building, he attempts to sabotage some
equipment, and gets “zapped”, changing his molecular structure. He can now assume
different shapes, mostly geometric in nature, but they are always blue and always
have the same volume.